Sports Administrator

The role

This Sports Administrator role with the Sport, Exercise and Health division primarily supports the administration tasks relating to the British Universities & College Sport weekly inter-universities competitions and ad hoc events across the academic year.

The role sits with the division’s Business Development Team, which is the home for the Division’s administration support, income generation functions, Marketing and Communications, Systems, and Events Teams and responsibility for enhancing our student and customer experience. The role holder will also be required to have regular meetings with the Performance Sport Manager who has overall responsibility for the delivery of BUCS and is the area budget holder.

What will you be doing?

The role will require the successful individual to support the BUCS process from the initial registration of teams, to organising fixtures with other institutions, the organisation of facilities and transport for fixtures. The role holder will support the club captains to manage their allocated funding and ensure the clubs captains manage the financial commitments (overspends) in relation to BUCS competitions and events. The role holder also has responsibility to ensure club captains register with the BUCS system (to provide team sheets etc) and will also need to report results to BUCS after all fixtures.

This role requires regular communications with our student club captains and committee members to ensure that they are knowledgeable of the regulations, policies and requirements whilst participating in BUCS competitions. Currently the University of Bristol has approx. 150 teams participating in BUCS leagues and events, across approx. 60 sports. 

The role holder will be required to independently handle enquiries from students, be responsible for communicating with third-party providers (BUCS/ Travel providers) and other HE institutions. The role holder will also be required to maintain systems, assist in the collection and maintenance of data relating to BUCS and provide regular reports for the Sports Performance Manager. 

You should apply if

We are looking for an individual with experience of working in the leisure or Higher Education sector, with an interest in sport and physical activity and supporting our #WeAreBristol community to achieve their sporting ambitions. The role holder will need to be able to work to deadlines, prioritise workload (due to the seasonal nature of the BUCS competitions) and possess excellent organisation and planning skills. 

The role holder will be regularly communicating with our student club captains, Sport, Exercise & Health and Bristol SU colleagues, other University BUCS Administrators and facility providers. This will require excellent communication skills and a commitment to demonstrating the Division’s values and behaviours in relation to customer experience (B:Welcoming, B:Supportive, B: A Role Model).

Additional information

For informal queries about the role, please contact Victoria Dickson - vicky.dickson@bristol.ac.uk

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Thursday 29th August.

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